FRACTIONS


What is an Improper Fraction?

An Improper Fraction is more than a Whole or any number

greater than 1 that is not a Whole Number.

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Five quarters

make up more than

one dollar bill.

Five quarters of one dollar can be expressed as the Fraction

	5
	4

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Looking at the Parts

Numerator (Number of parts you have)	5
Denominator (Number of parts in the whole)	4

An Improper Fraction has a Numerator that is
Greater than its Denominator.